Usually means: Acknowledging truth despite initial reluctance.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word admittedly:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. admittedly: Merriam-Webster
  2. admittedly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. admittedly: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. admittedly: Collins English Dictionary
  5. admittedly: Vocabulary.com
  6. Admittedly, admittedly: Wordnik
  7. admittedly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. admittedly: Wiktionary
  9. admittedly: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. admittedly: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. admittedly: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Admittedly, admittedly: Dictionary.com
  13. Admittedly: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. admittedly: Rhymezone
  15. admittedly: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. admittedly: FreeDictionary.org
  17. admittedly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. admittedly: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. admittedly: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  20. admittedly: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  21. admittedly: Merriam-Webster

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. admittedly: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. admittedly: Encyclopedia

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▸ adverb:  As is acknowledged to be true; by general admission; confessedly.

Similar:
confessedly, avowedly, true, grantedly, acknowledgedly, admittingly, allowedly, acceptedly, concededly, admissively, more...

Opposite:
unadmittedly, disadmittedly

Types:
begrudgingly, reluctantly, unenthusiastically, unwilling, disinclined, more...

Phrases:
self admittedly, not admittedly, more...

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Similar:
confessedly, avowedly, true, grantedly, acknowledgedly, admittingly, allowedly, acceptedly, concededly, admissively, more...

Opposite:
unadmittedly, disadmittedly

Types:
begrudgingly, reluctantly, unenthusiastically, unwilling, disinclined, more...

Phrases:
self admittedly, not admittedly, more...



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